ComPost Archive: Reality? Television
Vivian Schiller resigns from NPR. So prank journalism is okay now?
NPR chief executive Vivian Schiller turned in her resignation Wednesday, in view of a video by conservative prankster James O'Keefe in which an NPR senior official slammed the Tea Party and said, among other things, that NPR might fare better...
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Alexandra Petri
| March 9, 2011; 2:45 PM ET |
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James O'Keefe, NPR, journalism, pranks
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Barack Obama, no one cares about your favorite Oscar song
Sure, a lot of dynamic things occurred at last night's Oscars. Kirk Douglas. Kirk Douglas? Kirk Douglas! But the wackiest moment of the night might have to go to the Tribute to Best Original Songs. Everyone knows how much this...
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Alexandra Petri
| February 28, 2011; 2:23 PM ET |
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Most impressive? The real message of the 2011 Grammys
(AP Photo/Mario Testino for Vogue) "You are confusing what is important with what is impressive," says a character in E. M. Forster's Maurice. That's the Grammys in a nutshell. Oh, Mubarak just stepped down. But is Charlie Sheen all right?...
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Alexandra Petri
| February 14, 2011; 8:12 AM ET |
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Epic Failures, Petri, Reality? Television
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America, Lady Gaga, hubris, oops
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Olbermann to Current TV? Has he met the neighbors?
(Image via Peter Kramer/AP) Keith Olbermann is going off the air. I'm sorry, I mean, "moving to Current TV." I feel almost bad for him. Yes, Current TV reaches 90 million households. But so does the USPS, and that...
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Alexandra Petri
| February 8, 2011; 5:30 PM ET |
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A Bristol Palin memoir? Really?
Brace yourself. Bristol Palin is coming out with a 304-page memoir. Three hundred four pages? That is approximately two thirds the length of the George W. Bush memoir! And George W. Bush served two terms as president of the...
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Alexandra Petri
| February 8, 2011; 12:40 PM ET |
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Top seven commercials you won't be seeing at Super Bowl 2011
-Women with great personalities trying to sell you beer by sensibly discussing its merits. -Black Swan, in its entirety. -Management at BP reads a long, heartfelt apology letter to a group of displaced pelicans. -Brett Favre, speaking on behalf of...
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Alexandra Petri
| February 4, 2011; 4:28 PM ET |
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